[200q20v] left over parts

[Charles Baer]

Bruce Boeder wrote:
> 
> I purchased our "new to us" 200/20v avant in January from a good friend.
> It's been everything we could hope for.
> Second, the car does have one annoying problem.  Very occasionally (6 times
> since we got it) the engine will quit, everything on the dash lights up,
> etc.  It can be started immediately and runs fine thereafter.  There doesn't
> seem to be any rhyme or reason to when it quits.  The car is chipped (which
> ones aren't?)  The local shop that I took it to, Autoedge in St. Paul,
> initially thought it was an O2 sensor, which they replaced.  Unfortunately
> with these electrical gremlins they can be hard to trace.  Any comments?
> 

If you were indulging in hyperbole about EVERYTHING on the dash lighting
up,
I agree with the other listers.  I had a post-purchase inspection done
and
in spite of their claim that the BPV was find, replacing it fixed my
stalling
problem.

One note: there are variations on the replacement part, you may want to
search
the archives to get some extra info on the choices.

Charlie

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